Conveyer and the like



T. E. BATTY.

'CONVEYER AND THE LIKE- APPLIC'ATlON FILED JAN-13,1921.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

rA'r'r THOMAS EDWARD Berry, or SHEFFIELD, nnetann.

CONVEYEB AND THE LIKE! T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be' it known that I. THo As EDWARD BAT'rY, of Vvoo'dseats, Sheflield, England. a

subjectof the King of Great Britain and This invention relates to conveyers and especially to conveyers adapted to carry carbonaceous material through apparatus employed in the production of smokeless fuel and recovery of lay-products.

In a conveyer made in accordance with this invention I provide an endless chain comprising four parallel sets of links. each outer set of links being connected to an inner set by common pivot pins; distance pieres and rollers alternately disposed on the pivot pins; two cross bars disposed with a space between them on each opposite pair of the inner links; ,and'plates mounted on the cross bars forming half the enclosing walls of two receptacles for the carbonaceousmaterial,

' said rece tacles havin two-of their inner walls sloping so that they overhangthe spaces between the cross bars and thoroughly heated.

Referring to the drawings filed with the specification p Fig. 1 is part sectional elevation of one form of conveyer made in accordance with this invention; j

Fig. 2 is a part sectional plan;

a a are links pivoted togetherfby means of pirot pins 'Z) 79,1 between the links (I it are distance pieces '0 c and rollers'cl (Z alternately disposedon said pins. The links and rollers form a chain. 'On the inner links 'are'mount- .ed trough shaped brackets e ,6; supported between two chains formed as above'described and mounted on brackets e e are cross bars f '7. On the cross bars 7 f are plates 9 g flanged at the bottom as at h and at the sides as at j. The bottom and side 'fia-nges of one plate overlap the bottom and Specification of LettersPatent.

Letters Patent is In a conveyor adapted to carry carbonaceous material through apparatus employed may "be I in the, production of smokeless fuel and re- Patented Apr. 25,

Application filed January 13, 1921. Serial No. 437,016.

side flanges of an adjacent plate. The plates i g on one link and 9 on an adjacent link and flanges 'form the enclosing walls of a re f ceptacle adapted to- 'receivethe carbonaceous material; the adjacent, walls of successive;

receptacles converging orslopin'g towards each other at the upperends thereof so as to overhang the spacesbetween the cross bars 7 and form between the receptacles a space 712 esposed tothe heat ofthe furnace. In place of the distance pieces 0 c, rollers such as (Z may be employed.

Inuse, the material. is placed'in the receptacle and passed through the apparatus.

The material becomes distilled or coked in the process. On arriving at the end of the apparatus the conveyerchain passes over a polygonal or circular drum causing a the trough-like receptacles to open and discharge the material. the bottom flanges tending to, break up and discharge-the material. v

lVith a conveyer made in accordance with this invention .the material is readily discharged and the use voflprongs, rakes and bars is not necessary. l lVhat I claim and desire'to secure by covery of by-products, an endless chain comset of links being connected to an inner set by common pivot pins, distance pieces and rollers alternately disposed on thepivot pins.

two cross bars disposed with'aspace between them on each opposite pair of. the inner links, and plates mountedon the crossbars forming halfthe enclosing'walls of two receptacle's for theca-rbonaceous material, said receptacles having two of their inner walls sloping so that theyoverhang the spaces between the cross bars and may be thoroughly heated.

In testimony whereofl have signedmy name to this specification.

' THOMAS EDWARD BATTY. P 

